omi
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Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Italian uomo (“man”).
Noun edit
omi (plural omis)
- (Polari) A man.
- 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Bijou Tourettes (Round the Horne), season 3, episode 12:
- 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 123:
- Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.
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omi
Finnish edit
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- Rhymes: -omi
Verb edit
omi
- inflection of omia:
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Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese homem. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ómi.
Noun edit
omi
- man (adult male)
Igala edit
Etymology edit
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-mĩ. Cognate with Igbo mmiri, Yoruba omi
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ómi
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omi
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Compare Macushi mai, Wayana omi.
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omi
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omi
- (accusative singular of om) him
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *o-mĩ, from Proto-Edekiri *ó-mĩ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-mĩ. Ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-ma or Proto-Niger-Congo *-ni. Cognate with Igbo mmiri, Igala ómi
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Noun edit
omi
- water
- 1975, Fela Kuti, Water No Get Enemy:
- Kò sóhun tó o lè ṣe kó má lomi o/ Omi ò lọ́tàá o.
- There’s nothing you can do without water/ Water doesn’t have enemies.
- (chiefly CY and SEY) river
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References edit
- Adetugbọ A. The Yoruba language in Western Nigeria: Its major dialect areas [1], 1967
- Dictionary of the Yoruba Language (1913)
- J. S. Olaoye, Principles and Concepts of Yoruba Language (2012)